WhatsApp is celebrating the new year by launching a few new features which have been made official today. First off, we have camera effects – the same 30 backgrounds, filters and effects that launched for video calls last year can now transform your images too.
Next up, you can turn a selfie into a sticker. This is pretty self-explanatory. You just tap Create sticker and you’ll get the camera option to take a selfie on the spot and create your sticker. This is rolling out to Android now and will be available on iOS “soon”.
You can also share sticker packs now, directly through WhatsApp, and finally you can double tap a message to react to it and quickly scroll through your most used reactions. This will definitely make reacting to messages faster, and thus more convenient, especially for those who do it a lot.
